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LENOX LIBRARY

\lˈɛnɒks lˈa͡ɪbɹəɹi], \lˈɛnɒks lˈa‍ɪbɹəɹi], \l_ˈɛ_n_ɒ_k_s l_ˈaɪ_b_ɹ_ə_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of LENOX LIBRARY

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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A library in New York City, especially noted for its richness in rare Americana. It was collected by James Lenox, who at his death in 1880 left it, with funds for increase, to trustees for the benefit of American scholarship.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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